IIJ America works as a member of your team to join in overseas office launch/relocation/layout redesign projects.We use our rich experience and broad know-how for supporting smooth project implementation as well as flexibly and rapidly responding to unexpected situations.

Even after project completion, IIJ America engineers who supported IT project implementation can continue to be responsible for maintenance. Engineers with a strong understanding of your IT infrastructure deliver a stable IT infrastructure through their high quality support.

Office Relocation Project for a Japanese Manufacturing Company

A Japanese manufacturer with manufacturing/sales operations in the United States asked if we could support their office relocation, in addition to handling the IT infrastructure in relation to the office relocation. The customer office had no onsite IT staff, and the person responsible for the office relocation was mainly responsible for management/finance. As this person had no office relocation experience, IIJ America took responsibility for the entire office relocation project, including IT. As a relocation project management experience including IT infrastructure build consulting and vendor control, the project was launched with one project manager and one system engineer.

Based on IIJ America’s experience and know-how learned until now, the office relocation was successfully completed, with pinpoint precision support, completing the project in line with the customer’s schedule expectations.

Project Overview

Relocate office of Japanese manufacturer with manufacturing/sales in the United States

Office: Approximately 25 staff

Relocation period: 4 months

Project Overall Flow

Meeting, cost estimate, project requestAn IT-related estimate was urgently needed for internal budget approval. After several meetings, we received a formal go-ahead for the project.

Site survey, documentationIIJ America conducted a basic site survey, met with equipment personnel, and submitted a survey report to the customer. After listening to customer requests and concerns, a proposal was submitted for man-hours for the consulting and project management service as well as a cost estimate.

Kickoff MeetingAll vendors were gathered for a kickoff meeting. Office relocation project action items were discussed and a preliminary schedule was established.

Action items

Office IT plan (Pre-check of IT environment)

Server room design (Electrical/HVAC)

Office internal IT design (integrated wiring, cabling work)

Network design (Internet, firewall)

Documentation

Regular meetingsRegular meetings with vendors were held each week and updates were provided to the customer.

IT infrastructure build, IT service implementationOn the customer’s behalf, IIJ America negotiated costs and procured all equipment locally. Integrated wiring and server room design were submitted to local vendor and implemented with customer input and feedback.